SITI attends VivaTech 2024 in Paris, France (with photos)

The Secretary for Innovation, Expertise and Replace, Professor Sun Dong, attended VivaTech 2024 in Paris, France on Could per chance per chance also 24 (Paris time). In his keynote speech at a seminar themed “How World Open-u.s.a.Reach Asia by Hong Kong’s Innovation Ecosystem” organised by the Hong Kong Replace Construction Council (HKTDC), Professor Sun gave the attendees an update on Hong Kong’s ever-rising birth-up scene, bringing up that Hong Kong values the prospective and contributions of birth-u.s.a.and that the metropolis is one amongst basically the most productive locations for world birth-u.s.a.to thrive and flourish.

“The wonderful asset of Hong Kong’s innovation and technology (I&T) construction is our sturdy analysis functionality. We enhance world startups with accessible source of analysis and construction capabilities, data and ability, as effectively as a brilliant I&T culture and ambiance. We’re additionally committed to offering comprehensive enhance to birth-usa numerous phases of their construction. The 2 I&T flagships in Hong Kong, namely the Hong Kong Science Park and the Hong Kong Cyberport, play a extremely fundamental role in nurturing and supporting birth-u.s.a.in Hong Kong by numerous entrepreneurship schemes and incubation programmes, offering infrastructure, technical and funding enhance for their birth-ups.”

Professor Sun highlighted that Hong Kong is effectively positioned to be the bridge connecting East and West, because the metropolis enjoys the twin advantages below “one country, two programs” and strategic position on your doorstep of Mainland China. He talked about, “Constructing industry in Hong Kong provides birth-u.s.a.and enterprises rather more than wonderful a single market, but an most attention-grabbing gateway to the immense market within the entire Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Space (GBA), Mainland China and Asia with boundless alternatives. A gradual industry chain and present chain are compulsory for birth-ups. The prospects and synergies of the GBA will seemingly be limitless with a gradual present of ability and materials.”

Professor Sun additionally toured the Hong Kong Pavilion set up up by the HKTDC at the VivaTech. The pavilion showcases Hong Kong’s brilliant birth-up and technology ecosystem and provides data on the unparalleled advantages the metropolis affords for world birth-ups. He additionally visited the pavilion set up up by Japan, which is the “Nation of the three hundred and sixty five days”, as effectively as pavilions set up up by institutions similar to Centre national de la recherche scientifique and Région Sud of France, and had transient exchanges with representatives of some exhibitors to be taught more about their innovative alternate options. Afterwards, Professor Sun attended a networking reception hosted by the HKTDC to commerce views on the improvement and collaboration of I&T with native leaders of the I&T industry, entrepreneurs, influencers and investors.

On Could per chance per chance also 23 (Paris time), Professor Sun departed Brussels, Belgium for Paris, France to proceed his talk over with. In the afternoon, he toured the Institut Pasteur and visited its laboratories to fetch an figuring out of the institute’s analysis areas and developed analysis equipment, as effectively as programmes to elope up the improvement skill of analysis discoveries and promote the creation of startups. The Institut Pasteur is an internationally-renowned private and non-revenue infectious illness analysis institute which co-operated with the University of Hong Kong by InnoHK clusters to connect the Centre for Immunology & Infection in 2020 to exhaust unusual technology platforms for biomarker discovery and the improvement of most modern vaccine and therapeutic systems. Professor Sun famed that world collaboration and ability construction are key parts below InnoHK. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Device Authorities strongly encourages strengthening academic exchanges to foster data sharing, fortify analysis capabilities and promote scientific advancements for the advantages of the I&T construction in each and each Hong Kong and France.

Professor Sun will proceed his talk over with in Paris day after currently (Could per chance per chance also 25, Paris time) and create his talk over with within the afternoon. He will return to Hong Kong on Sunday (Could per chance per chance also 26, Hong Kong time).

Ends/Friday, Could per chance per chance also 24, 2024
Issued at HKT 21:33

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